Lone Søderkvist Kristensen has more than 20 years of research experiences in Countryside Planning and Management. Research topics include landscape changes in agricultural landscapes, farmers’ landscape behavior, agricultural policy, policy integration, agri-environmental policies and regional and local planning (including planning for agriculture). She has participated as partner in several EU-projects as well as being the leader of national transdisciplinary research projects. She has extensive experiences in project management and leadership and is an experienced teacher. During the last 10 years she has been involved in projects on innovation in countryside planning with focus on collaborative and strategic forms of planning targeted rural landscapes.